Photoshop EPS format

You can use Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format to share Photoshop files effectively with many graphic, illustration, and page-layout programs. For best results, print documents with EPS images to PostScript-enabled printers.

To save a file in Photoshop EPS format:

1 Choose File > Save As, and choose Photoshop EPS from the format list.

2 Specify a filename and location, select saving options (as described in Saving images), and click Save.

3 For Preview, choose a low-resolution preview type. To share an EPS file between Windows and Mac OS systems, use a TIFF preview. The 8-bit preview option results in better display quality but larger file size than does the 1-bit preview option. You must save a preview of an EPS image to view the image in the destination application.

Note: To use the JPEG preview option in Mac OS, you must have QuickTime installed.

4 For Encoding, choose an encoding method: ASCII, Binary, or a JPEG option. ASCII-encoded files contain about twice as many characters as binary files and may be slower to work with. JPEG-encoded files are smaller than binary files; however, using JPEG encoding decreases the image quality. (See Choosing a print encoding method.)

5 To display white areas in the image as transparent, select Transparent Whites. This option is available only for images in Bitmap mode.

6 If you are saving to EPS format, select PostScript Color Management to instruct a PostScript printer to convert the file data to the printer's color space. Do not select PostScript Color Management if you're planning to place the image into another color-managed document. Doing so may disrupt color management in your page-layout application.

7 Select Image Interpolation if you want to anti-alias the printed appearance of a low-resolution image.

8 Click OK.

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